Do Alpaca Farmers Make Good Congresswomen?

Cuba resident Janice Volk has thrown her furry, woolen hat into the ring. She'll be vying for the Republican nomination in the 29th District Congressional seat race. The grandmother of four will face off against a more established, more qualified, and better funded Tom Reed of Corning. What has she done that Reed hasn't? She's raised alpacas, which begs the question: can the lessons learned in alpaca farming be translated into good governing? The answer is a definitive "maybe."

Click here to view Volk's website.
Click here to view Reed's website.

Click here if you're wondering why the hell anyone would want to raise alpacas.

Corning City Staff to Think About Things

In typical fashion, city staffers in Corning are being asked to think about a resolution already rejected by the City Council and then passed onto the city's Economic Revolving Loan Program Committee to pawn off on someone else. The concept is not all bad (punishing city loan recipients if they are found to employ illegal aliens), except that no such indiscretion has ever been found. Is there is too much thought being put into a problem that is only imaginary?

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Geography 101 at the Corning Leader

In a shocking revelation today, Corning Leader reporter John Zick writes that doomed Flight 3407 flew directly over Corning at 9:53pm on Thursday. This article proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what I've always suspected: That Corning is between Newark, NJ and Buffalo, NY.

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